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... Similar cir- cumstances produce the same unvariable ef- fects . The precise character and motives of any man on any occasion being given , the moral philosopher could predict his actions with as much certainty as the natural phi ...
... Similar cir- cumstances produce the same unvariable ef- fects . The precise character and motives of any man on any occasion being given , the moral philosopher could predict his actions with as much certainty as the natural phi ...
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... similar discussion . BENEVOLENCE There is a class of emotions which we in- stinctively avoid . A human being , such as is man considered in his origin , a child a month old , has very imperfect conscious- ness of the existence of other ...
... similar discussion . BENEVOLENCE There is a class of emotions which we in- stinctively avoid . A human being , such as is man considered in his origin , a child a month old , has very imperfect conscious- ness of the existence of other ...
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... similar idea see the Essay on a Future State , pp . 175-178 . 22. This is probably the Platonic spirit of beauty as seen in the Hymn to Intellectual Beauty . See Adonais , stanza 54 , for a similar idea . 23. See The Hymn for this ...
... similar idea see the Essay on a Future State , pp . 175-178 . 22. This is probably the Platonic spirit of beauty as seen in the Hymn to Intellectual Beauty . See Adonais , stanza 54 , for a similar idea . 23. See The Hymn for this ...
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THE NECESSITY OF ATHEISM | 37 |
A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS | 70 |
NATURAL DIET | 81 |
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